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Podcast: Mid-Atlantic - conversations about US, UK and world politics
Episode: Ep: 4 - 59 Draining the swamp of American lobbyists and Boris Johnson's burkha broadside
Description: Today we are joined by the journalist of a thousand quips Mic Wright in Norwich, England and by that sensible man of the left who likes good wine Doug Levy in San Francisco California.In a week that has seen Another warning bell for Republicans In the shape of the closeness of the special election in Ohio we ask who will ever drain Washington’s swamp.Boris Johnson has an appeal to white working class voters, who are traditional Labour voters but who backed Brexit, so his cozying up to right wing populist St...